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<H2>iroute</H2>
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Do interactive point-to-point routing from the pointer cursor to the
cursor box
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<H3>Usage:</H3>
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      <B>iroute</B> <I>option</I> <BR><BR>
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         where <I>option</I> may be one of the following:
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	   <DT><B>contacts</B> [<I>type</I>] [<I>parameter</I>] [<I>value</I>...]
	   <DD> Set route-contact parameters. <I>parameter</I> may be one of
		the following keywords:
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		  <DT> <B>active</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>width</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>cost</B>
		  <DD>
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	   <DT> <B>help</B> [<I>option_name</I>]
	   <DD> Summarize iroute subcommands
	   <DT> <B>layers</B> [<I>type</I>] [<I>parameter</I>] [<I>value</I>...]
	   <DD> Set route-layer parameters.  <I>parameter</I> may be one of
		the following keywords:
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		  <DT> <B>active</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>width</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>hCost</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>vCost</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>jogCost</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>hintCost</B>
		  <DD>
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	   <DT> <B>route</B> <I>node_name</I>...
	   <DD> Connect point to named node(s)
	   <DT> <B>saveParameters</B>
	   <DD> Write out all irouter parameters.  These are written out
		as command calls so they can be read back with the Tcl
		<B>source</B> command.
	   <DT> <B>search</B> <B>rate</B>|<B>width</B>
	   <DD> Set parameters controlling the internal search for routes
	   <DT> <B>spacings</B> <I>type</I>
	   <DD> Set minimum spacing between route-type and arbitrary type
	   <DT> <B>verbosity</B> <I>level</I>
	   <DD> Control the amount of messages printed
	   <DT> <B>version</B>
	   <DD> Identify irouter version
	   <DT> <B>wizard</B> <I>parameter</I>
	   <DD> Set miscellaneous parameters.  <I>parameter</I> may be one of
		the following keywords:
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		  <DT> <B>bloom</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>boundsIncrement</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>estimate</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>expandDests</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>penalty</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>penetration</B>
		  <DD>
		  <DT> <B>window</B>
		  <DD>
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<H3>Summary:</H3>
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      The <B>iroute</B> command is. . . 
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<H3>Implementation Notes:</H3>
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      <B>iroute</B> is implemented as a built-in command in <B>magic</B>.
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<H3>See Also:</H3>
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      <A HREF=route.html><B>route</B></A> <BR>
      <A HREF=garoute.html><B>garoute</B></A> <BR>
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<P><I>Last updated:</I> October 6, 2004 at 11:11pm <P>
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